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Apple updates iPhone to address privacy worries
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is updating the iPhone to reduce the amount of time the device stores information about its users’ whereabouts. The software released Wednesday follows through on Apple’s […]
Google reaches privacy settlement with FTC
WASHINGTON — Google has agreed to adopt a comprehensive privacy program to settle federal charges that it deceived users and violated its own privacy policy when it launched a social […]
Facebook to let advertisers republish user posts
NEW YORK — Facebook users who check in to a store or click the “like” button for a brand may soon find those actions retransmitted on their friends’ pages as […]
Tech Talk: Put digital conversations into perspective and take your life back
As a special surprise for the New Year, I learned that one of my e-mail accounts had an issue that kept me from seeing 5,582 new messages over the course […]
Ex-Flex Squad officers’ suit dismissed
Four former members of the disbanded Southwestern District Flex Squad have lost their $40 million federal lawsuit alleging that police department leaders violated their constitutional and civil rights by suspending […]
Corporate compliance has its costs
One of the most important issues facing corporations and in-house counsel today is the rising cost of compliance. The cost of compliance refers to the cost of ensuring the company […]
TSA chief: Body scan boycott would be mistake
WASHINGTON — With one of the year’s busiest traveling days fast approaching, the Obama administration’s top transportation security official on Monday urged passengers angry over safety procedures not to boycott […]
Italy latest country to probe Google’s Street View
ROME — Italian prosecutors said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into Google’s Street View mapping feature for suspected violation of privacy. Google said it would cooperate with authorities and […]
After breaches, Google focuses on privacy
Google Inc. is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don’t intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its […]
Billionaire testifies in child support lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Bren testified Thursday in the child support case brought by his two adult children, saying he was shocked when his then-lover told […]
